Adolescent Studies Arena

Adolescent Coping

Advances in Theory, Research and Practice

• By Erica Frydenberg

Young people need to cope in a variety of settings, including school, home, peer groups and the workplace, and with a range of life problems...

Published May 27th 2008 by Routledge.

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Social Life and Social Knowledge

Toward a Process Account of Development

• Edited by Ulrich Mueller, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Nancy Budwig, Bryan Sokol

In this new volume, leading researchers provide state-of-the-art perspectives on how social interaction influences the development of knowledge. The book integrates approaches from a variety...

Published January 3rd 2008 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being

Completing the Picture

• Edited by Brett V. Brown

Indicators of child and youth well-being are indispensable tools for improving the lives of children. In this book, the nation’s leading development researchers review the recent...

Published August 16th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Social Networks in Youth and Adolescence

• By John Cotterell
• Series Editor: John Coleman

This thoroughly revised new edition looks at the nature of social networks, their changing configurations, and the forces of influence they unleash in shaping the...

Published May 10th 2007 by Routledge.

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Risk and Resilience

Adolescent Mothers and Their Children Grow Up

• Edited by John G. Borkowski, Jaelyn R. Farris, Thomas L. Whitman, Shannon S. Carothers, Keri Weed

In 1984, a longitudinal study was launched at the University of Notre Dame to evaluate the social and psychological consequences of teenage parenting. Interwoven Lives...

Published March 20th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Smooth Sailing or Stormy Waters?

Family Transitions Through Adolescence and Their Implications for Practice and Policy

• By Rena D. Harold, Lisa G. Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier

Smooth Sailing enhances our understanding of the family's transition through adolescence by examining qualitative data about the experiences of parents and teens across multiple relationships...

Published January 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Sexuality in Adolescence

Current Trends

• By Susan Moore, Doreen Rosenthal

Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends considers the latest theory and research on adolescent development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal, healthy maturation....

Published October 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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International Encyclopedia of Adolescence

• Edited by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

In pre-industrial societies, people moved from childhood to adulthood directly, getting married and going to work early in life. Although this still holds true for...

Published September 22nd 2006 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Adolescent Development

• Edited by Sandy Jackson, Luc Goossens

Handbook of Adolescent Development fills a gap in the literature on adolescent development and behaviour: all of the authors of the various chapters have been...

Published September 21st 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Digital Generations

Children, Young People, and the New Media

• Edited by David Buckingham, Rebekah Willett

Computer games, the Internet, and other new communications media are often seen to pose threats and dangers to young people, but they also provide new...

Published June 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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